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 <h2>[[xpointer|XPointer Framework]]</h2>
+: Note that there can be a lot of confusion when people say "<b>xpointer</b>".
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+There is no such thing as "XPointer". There is "XPointer Framework", "XPointer element() scheme", "XPointer xpointer() scheme", and the xpointer attribute as defined in XInclude which allows one to do partial xincludes.
+Of the various xpointer schemes, the element() scheme and xmlns() scheme
+are the only two that have ever become W3C Recommendations, and the
+element() scheme is the only one (in addition to the Framework) for which
+XInclude requires support.
+There is an xpointer() scheme, but this is stuck at working draft stage (with
+no further work planned), and support for it is not required by XInclude
+(and support for it in the world in general is minimal, and supporting it in
+our product would take extra work and be of minimal value).
+There is an unofficial xpath1() scheme that, while not a Recommendation,
+is based on XPath 1.0----
 !!!  XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model